The Opelousas courier., 1887-06-25
Items of Interest.

Thibodaux is becoming pleasure resort for
excursionists from New Orleans.
The police jury of Lafayette parish have dc.
cided to build an iron bridge over Bayou Yer
million.
Town Talk The Nichols press would have
US believe that there is only one man in the
State honest enough to be Governor of Louis.
lana, aud that man Francis T. Nichols. We
could name host of Democrats as coed as he
name have not bolted Democratic nomina-
tion, and would not appoint negro Police Jul
rors, Justices of the Peace, etc, to office.
A wild girl has frequently been seen in the
woods of CatahOula parish who is so feet OF
foot that all efforts to capture her have fail
ed. She is perfectly nude and has no shelter
of any kind, but has survived several severe
winters. She is said to have been abandoned
in the woods by tramp mother, who hated
her because she had club foot. An organic
ed effort will he made to capture her sOon
Capitoiian-Adyocate Our reporter learns
from Col. ID. f. Boyd that the crack company
of cadets Of the Louisiana State University
and Agricultural and NJ Mechancal College at
/ Baton Rouge will enter the competitive drill
at Chicago in September. The company will
remain at the university during July and
August and carefully drill up for the great
contest against the field. If we mistake not,
our Louisiana boys will be hard to beat Sue
cess to them.
Alexandria Town Talk: The Nichols press
intimate that the papers which are not sup
porting Nichols nomination are really assist
ing McEnery. We are not in favor OF "Fran-
cis' being nominated, neither are the Demo
Gratis of Rapides parish, and we don't care
who knows it. The Democrats of Rapides
parish-that is, the majority of them, want an
anti-factional man, and that is the Town
Talks position. One feature that we think
Uapthv ne nj M 10 hot bo TnlanoD6opfS IN
Rapides parish, men who are Democrats when
it pays to be, all want Nichols. Fortunately
they are in the minority.
New York special OF the Goth says:
The Sun to-day, assuming that Mr. Cleve-
land, by the Confederate flag incident, has
made his success for second term impossible
with Northern constituencies, gives the fol-
at the head of the ticket the party might
hope TO win: David Bennett Hill, of New
York; Samuel jackson Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania; William Tell Coleman, of the Pacific
coast John Griffin Carlisle, of Kentucky (;
Daniel w. Voorhees,, of Indiana; Lyman Trum-
bull, Of Illinois, and James r. Eustis of Lou
isihna.
that has come so spontaneously from the Gin
nards" of the reformers, has lately suffered
from hoarseness. The dose of the big Four
Fitzpatrick, Mealey, Davey and Duffy
sort OF staggers the men who have boasted of
the purity of Nichols support. He is not
supported by office-holders has been fayo-
rite gag, and many uniformed people have
swallowed THAT statement without blinking,
but the batting of eyes that has been going on
since the Big Four have come out for Nichols
is frightful to contemplate.
The police jury of Acadia parish have ac-
copied and approved plan for the building
submitted to them by j. j. Harmon, who has
al e.
parish of st. Landry, Mr.. lannon's terms
were also fixed and agreed to, and q building
committee appointed to supervise the work
aud see that it is pushed forward to an early
completion. The structure is to be of brick
with stone finish on the outside, with rooms
for all the officers of the parish, besides a
large and commodicus courtroom, which is to
be on the upper floor. The building will also
be provided with freproof vault, situated
conveniently to the clerks and recorders Of
hces. The height of the building from the
ground to the top of cupola will be some sew
enty.seven feet
The arrogance and intolerance of the Mich
oils boomers is beginning to bear legitimate
fruit. The Ouachita Telegraph Moncnre pa
per, says:
The foreg DING extract, taken from an inde-
pendent and spirited letter over the signature
sDemocrat" to the Robeliue Reporter, shows
that the people have some views ON the sub
= ;ect therein adverted to. Democrat is right
but he might have gone further and said that
the ssself.constisnted bosses whom he so hap
pily characterizes, afs cutting contemplate
figure in Louisiana politics : hat their effort
to suppress freedom OF speech, thought and
action is despicable aud damnabie, and that
thoir denunciatory methods will not pass mus
ter for argument.
They tell us that it is our duty to support
for the important office OF Chief Magistrate OF
this State, an arch mugwump and bolter!
pretty lot of cattle to adm0nislI honest
men and Democrats of their duty